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FM TOKYO
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER NFR
AND TO TELELETTER UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG, PEKING
FROM: G H FRY, HEAD OF CHANCERY, ΤΟΚΥΟ
NFR DATED 24 SEPTEMBER 91
TO: ALAN PAUL ESQ, HKD, FCO
CC:
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UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG, PEKING
HONG KONG POSSIBLE CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT
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THANK YOU FOR THE GUIDANCE IN FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER
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59 OF 13 SEPTEMBER ABOUT A POSSIBLE CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG. THE AMBASSADOR AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE LIGHT OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS HERE, AND IN HONG KONG.
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OUR GENERAL VIEW IS:
(A) THERE IS, NOW VIRTUALLY NO POSSIBILITY AND LITTLE POINT IN PURSUING THIS MATTER WITH HASHIMOTO. HASHIMOTO WILL BE LEAVING OFFICE AT THE LATEST BY THE END OF OCTOBER AND IN THE MEANTIME WILL BE ENTIRELY PREOCCUPIED WITH THE FINANCIAL SCANDALS, THE DIET LEGISLATION ON THE FINANCIAL SECTOR AND POLITICAL MANOEUVRING. WILL NEITHER HAVE THE INTEREST, ENERGY OR TIME TO CARRY THIS FORWARD NOR WILL HE BE IN SITU TO DO SO IN ANOTHER 5 WEEKS' TIME.
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(B) THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG HAS ALSO MOVED ON. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS DESIGNED TO BE A CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT, IT WAS PUT FORWARD IN A POLITICAL CONTEXT BACK IN JUNE AND WAS DESIGNED FOR THE JAPANESE TO HELP US OVER POLITICAL MATTERS AND PERHAPS GRADUALLY TO BIND THEM IN IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY INTO AN INTEREST IN HONG KONG. SINCE JUNE WE HAVE HAD A RESOLUTION OF THE AIRPORT PROBLEM, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHINESE AT A HIGH LEVEL, FORWARD MOVEMENT IN THE JLG SEMI-COLON AND FOR THEIR PART THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN SAYING AND DOING THE RIGHT THINGS WITH THE CHINESE DURING QIAN QICHEN'S VISIT HERE AND MR KAIFU'S VISIT TO PEKING IN AUGUST.
3. A FURTHER COMPLICATION IS THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE AN ESTABLISHED GROUP OF DIETMEN UNDER MR HATA WHO ARE MORE OR LESS
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